There’s minimal, then there’s Minimal. The former is a toss-off term bandied about by so-called “writers” who took a few years of art school (that would be me), and the latter is a regimented style of musical craft mastered by a man named Sylvain Chauveau and applied to the modern classical formula here on his [...]

The debut solo album by the much beloved frontman of Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson. If you like Sigur Rós then you’ll probably like this, that goes without saying. There is currently a pre-order for the vinyl edition on XL posted at amazon.com but rumor is there will be news shortly forthcoming about a deluxe and/or [...]

I hate remix albums just as much as any other post-rave, acid-casualty burnout, but this album is infinitely more sublime than your average trance-rock refix. Dakota Suite offers up his compositions for dissection from several of the finest artists operating in the experimental music nexus, and the results are sounding pretty fantastic. Then again, it’s [...]

Two new(ish) 10-inch pieces of vinyl from Ólafur Arnalds, who is from Iceland. Like many musicians from Iceland, he makes very pleasant and achingly beautiful music. Like many musicians from Iceland who make this kind of music, he has done a stint opening for Icelanders extraordinaire, Sigur Rós. Found Songs is a collection of songs [...]

Speaking of labels having an amazing year, how about this Type label, you guys? John Twell’s impressive and influential imprint just continues to drop album after album of stunning ambient and left-of-center underground music. If you picked up his vinyl release on Touch earlier this year, then you know not to miss out on Johann [...]

Boomkat was just raving about this album, so you know we had to check it out. Turns out (as always) that the esteemed staff at Boomkat know exactly what they are talking about. Insónia is an album driven mostly by piano arrangements, accented quite tastefully with drums, guitars, clarinets and all manner of other instruments. [...]

Hey late night Friday readers. Figured I better get this one in before the weekend, because these Eleh LPs might not make it until Monday. The mysterious purveyor of Pure Analogue Drone is back with two vinyl albums on Important Records. The two-fer special edition (with bonus photograph pouch) is already sold out, but you [...]

Maybe you haven’t heard of Matthew Robert Cooper, but you might have heard of Eluvium. And if you were itching to pick up some Eluvium vinyl, but didn’t have the scrill to spring for the 7xLP box-set from Temporary Residence, then you could probably at least scrounge together $13 to pick up this record from [...]

One of the best (or worst) albums to come out this year is now available to order on double LP. 180 grams of purest blackened vinyl and high spec packaging. Not much else needs to be said. You can get a canvas bag, slipmat and earplugs too if you want. $25 or $45 from southernlord.net.

Battles. There I said it. Now here’s a question for Tyondai Braxton: If you wanted to become recognized as a “solo” artist so bad, how come you released that song Atlas with your band Battles? That certainly is a long, deep, dark shadow to try to crawl out from underneath. That’s not to say this [...]

Thanks to Peter for tipping us off on this one. Touch Records has brought us this long in the making vinyl LP version of the 2002 album from Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. As far as “modern classical” recordings go, this is pretty much a bonafide classic from one of the most reputable and longstanding labels [...]